The Yalta Conference brought together Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at a palace in Crimea, as the Allies approached victory in Europe. They agreed to divide Germany into occupation zones, to demand reparations, and to hold a conference in San Francisco to set up the United Nations. Stalin promised to enter the war against Japan within a few months of Germany's defeat. They also issued a declaration on liberated Europe, promising free elections, and compromised on Poland's government and borders. Because the Soviet Union later dominated eastern Europe, Yalta has been criticised, and historians continue to debate how much the Allied leaders could have achieved.
Before and after
- from 23 January 1945 to 6 May 1945Siege of Breslau
- February 1945Death of Anne Frank
- 1 February 1945Founding of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- from 3 February 1945 to 3 March 1945Battle of Manila
- from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945Yalta Conference
- 6 February 1945Birth of Bob Marley
- from 13 February 1945 to 15 February 1945Bombing of Dresden
- from 15 February 1945 to 18 February 1945Operation Solstice
- from 5 March 1945 to 1 January 1951Denazification
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